Chapter 138 The city is bleak
"So what do we do now?"
They don't want to die. They have already gone through such a difficult journey, why should they be so unlucky to encounter the plague?
Could they have been infected with the plague? After all, they are so weak now.
Their resistance must be poor, so if anything happens, they will definitely suffer.
Several women brought their children to Duan Yu and asked him to check whether they were infected.
Duan Yu shook his head at them.
"This kind of plague can't be diagnosed right away. Look at those two people who have been outside the city for a few days. They just started vomiting blood and got sick. We've only been here for a short time, so how can we possibly diagnose it?"
"Then let's go quickly, okay?"
Some people couldn't help but speak up, saying that it was too dangerous here and they didn't want to stay here.
Zhang San glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "No, not to mention that we need the county magistrate's seal, we just had close contact with those two people. We don't know if we've been infected yet."
"It would be fine if we weren't infected, but if we are, we'll be spreading the disease to others as we continue along the way!"
Although Zhang San is an official escorting exiled prisoners and is not a good person, he still cares very much about his family.
But if they left with the plague, and if the disease spread, they would be the culprits, and not only would they lose their heads, but their families would also suffer.
After much deliberation, they decided to stay here for three days.
Young Master Duan just said that it would only take three days, and we would know whether they were infected or not.
After making up his mind, Zhang San arranged for people to set up tents three miles away from the city gate for a temporary rest.
Ever since they set up camp, they saw black smoke rising from the city.
I don’t know what’s going on inside?
The exile team outside also discovered new problems.
Duan Yu found Zhang San and told him that he needed some herbs to prevent plague, such as ginger and peppercorns. Putting them under the nose and smelling them might help prevent infection by the plague.
But how could they have these things outside the city gate? So they could only discuss with Zhang San and others to see whether they could continue knocking on the city gate and go in to get some herbs.
Xia Xing'er has the space, but she also needs an excuse to take it out!
At this time, people had different opinions. Some people said that they needed to go into the city to get medicinal herbs, so that they would not really be infected with the plague and be unable to prevent it.
Some people also said that you must not go in, otherwise you are just observing whether you have contracted the plague, and you are not sure whether you have contracted it. If you really go into the city, you will definitely be infected, and then everyone will be really finished.
Just when everyone was arguing, Zhang San took out the whip from his waist and whipped it directly on the ground, raising a cloud of dust and interrupting everyone's argument.
"Alright, there's no need to argue anymore. The city gates are so tightly shut right now that we can't get in even if we want to. We can only observe for three days. If we're not infected after three days, we can make a decision. If we're unfortunately infected, we can then find a way to enter the city! No matter what, we should wait until three days!"
Having said that, everyone was still terrified. After all, there were two infected areas at the city gate. Although they were relatively far away, they were still very scared.
Duan Yu wanted to save the two men, but was stopped by two followers.
After all, they don’t have any medicinal materials now, and a good cook cannot cook without rice!
The group could only watch helplessly as the two men vomited blood at first and then had convulsions in their limbs and suffered from high fever and chills.
Liu Youran was kind-hearted and couldn't bear it, so he sent two quilts, wrapped the two people in the quilts, and carried them to a place sheltered from the wind, to prevent their breathing and saliva from sneezing from flying on the wind to their exile team and making them possibly infected with the disease.
The two men begged them for help many times, but wrapping themselves in two quilts was already the greatest help to them.
At this time, the two of them were just sad. They were at the doorstep of their home, but could not go into the city to reunite with their families. If they could die with their families, or let their families know their current situation, it would make them feel less lonely.
But now they can only die outside, and perhaps their bodies will rot without their families knowing.
Of course, another possibility cannot be ruled out. Perhaps their family members have already contracted the disease and died in the city. They may be the last remaining members of their family and are now dying.
These two men were only twelve or thirteen years old. Seeing their miserable appearance, the men and women in the exile team felt sorry for them.
But in such a situation, everyone is already overwhelmed and can only shake their heads and sigh, unable to do anything.
Liu Youran wanted to help, but she was not a doctor and had no medicinal herbs, so she had no other options.
Everyone kept praying in their hearts that God would spare them, not let them be infected with the plague, and let them leave this place as soon as possible.
Xia Xing'er was not idle at this time either. She said something to the Xia family and went into the tent.
Everyone in the Xia family already had a tacit understanding. They knew that Xia Xing'er went to the tent at this time because she must have something to go out for, and all they had to do was to cover for her.
Several people from the Xia family sat in front of the tent, guarding it to prevent others from discovering Xia Xing'er's secret?
Xia Xing'er put an invisibility talisman and a teleportation talisman on herself and came to Qu County.
The county town was in a bleak state.
Almost every quarter of an hour, a group of people would be sent to the crematorium, fires would be lit in various places, and the bodies infected with the plague would be burned.
People kept kneeling in front of the doors of various clinics asking for medical treatment, and the doctors inside the clinics were also very busy.
Many clinics have closed. It may be that the doctors have also been infected with the disease, or they may have been too busy and tired recently. Whatever the reason, they have ceased business.
Of course, the biggest problem is that their clinic has run out of medicinal materials. How can they treat diseases without them?
However, at this time, those who could still go to the clinic to seek medical treatment were basically dignitaries or wealthy people with some money. As for ordinary people, they could only stay at home and wait to die.
There were also some who had a strong desire to live. They ran to the outside of the clinic and knelt down, hoping that the staff would be kind enough to give them some medicine residue so that they could be cured and survive, and not become corpses and be burned.
Xia Xing'er was extremely grateful at this time. Fortunately, Duan Yu brought her news about her senior sister, otherwise they would have rashly forced their way into the city.
There are not many medicinal herbs in the city now, so how many people in the entire exile team can survive?
Their family will definitely survive, but what about others?
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